First Run Features: Theatrical Catalog

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

	Animation
	Cult Classics
	Documentaries
	Erotica
	Family
	Films About Faith
	Foreign
	Gay & Lesbian
	Jewish Interest


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The Goebbels Experiment	Lutz Hachmeister & Michael Kloft	107 min, 35mm, Color/B&W, German w/English Subtitles, 2004
Kenneth Branagh reads from the diaries of Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A rare and chilling glimpse into a brilliant but toxic mind.

History Lessons	Barbara Hammer	65 min, 35mm, Color, 2000
A Film by Barbara Hammer. Lesbian history is presented in an extraordinary array of archival footage that is playfully manipulated to make it seem as though lesbians were everywhere!

Faith and Fortune: The Reichmann Story	Alan Handel	90 min, Beta, Color, 2001
Chronicling the rise and fall of one of the world's most secretive and wealthy Jewish families, it tells the epic tale of a dynastic family that acquired staggering wealth, only to lose it all in a gamble of astonishing proportions at London's Canary Wharf.

The Quarry	Marion Hansel	112 min, 35mm, Color, Russian w/ English Subtitles, 1998
A Film by Marion Hansel. Acclaimed Irish actor John Lynch stars as the strangely sympathetic fugitive who battles inner demons in this provocative, mysterious thriller!

Prince Cinders	Derek Hayes	30 min, 35mm, Color, 1994
A Film by Derek Hayes. From the producer of The Snowman and Father Christmas, Prince Cinders is an outrageously funny twist on the classic fairy tale Cinderella.

Little Women in Transit	Barbara Heller	7 min, 16mm, Color, 1995
Twelve-year-old Jennie is seated in the back seat of the wood-panelled station wagon, wedged between her two jeering sisters, enduring that special hell--the family car trip

Forgiving Dr. Mengele	Bob Hercules & Cheri Pugh	80 min, Video, Color, 2005,
Eva Kor and her sister were victims of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Haunted ever since, something shocking occurs: Eva finds the power to forgive him. But not everyone is ready to forgive the unforgivable.

The Heart of the Matter	Gini Reticker & Amber Hollibaugh	57 min, 16mm, Color, 1994
This provocative documentary focuses on the story of Janice Jirau, an HIV-positive African-American woman, as she reveals why she was at high risk and what she did when she discovered she'd been infected.


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The Disenchanted	Benoit Jacquot	78 min, 35mm, Color, French w/English Subtitles, 1990
A Film by Benoit Jacquot. A beautiful 17 year-old school girl (Judith Godreche) who lives with her younger brother and ailing mother in Paris must come to terms with three different men in her life.

The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Eugene Jarecki & Alex Gibney	80 min, 35mm, Color, 2002
A Film by Eugene Jarecki & Alex Gibney. The Trials of Henry Kissinger explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful and controversial figures in U.S. history.

The Man Who Bought Mustique	Joseph Bullman & Vikram Jayanti	78 min, 16mm, Color, 2000
A Film by Joseph Bullman and Vikram Jayanti. A deliciously entertaining look at a Scottish lord who bought the tiny Caribbean island of Mustique in 1956 for a song and turned it into a playground for the rich and famous.

Cool and Crazy	Knut Erik Jensen	35mm, Color, Norwegian w/English Subtitles, 2001
A Film by Knut Erik Jensen. Meet a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame as members of a male choir in Berlevag, Norway!

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky In Our Times	John Junkerman	74 min, 35mm, Color, 2002
A Film by John Junkerman. Power and Terror presents the latest in Noam Chomsky's incisive and controversial thinking, through interviews and talks given in the spring of 2002.

Uminchu	John Junkerman	101 min, 16mm, Color, 2000
A Film by John Junkerman. In Uminchu, Academy Award Nominee John Junkerman (Hellfire) follows the travails of 82 year-old fisherman Shigeru Itokazu, who daily rises before the sun to continue his solitary quest of marlin


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Diaries of Yossef Nachmani	Dalia Karpel	63 min, Video, Color/B&W, 2006
A film by Dalia Karpel. A look into the complex and contradictory personality of Yossef Nachmani, the man largely responsible for the first Zionist settlements in the Galilee. The film focuses on events in Tiberius, Nachmani's hometown, a mixed community where Arabs and Jews coexisted harmoniously.

And Baby Makes Two	Judy Katz & Oren Rudavsky	60 min, 16mm, Color, English,1999
A film by Judy Katz and Oren Rudavsky. An emotional look at single women who decide to have babies on their own, without the help of a husband, boyfriend or partner.

Zombie & The Ghost Train	Mika Kaurismaki	Finnish w/ English Subtitles, Color, 1991
A black comedy from Mika Kaurismaki. Described as part docu-fiction, part Hamlet-style tragedy and just a bit screwball, this unusual road movie chases after a punk rock band that's never seen, always heard, all the way from Helsinki to Istanbul.

We Were So Beloved	Manny Kirchheimer	16mm, Color/B&W, 1986
A Film by Manfred Kirchheimer. Kirchheimer explores the experiences of German Jews who fled Nazi Germany to settle in New York's Washington Heights.

Berkeley in the Sixties	Mark Kitchell	117 min, 16mm, Color/B&W, 1990
A Film by Mark Kitchell. The Sixties come to life in this gripping film that captures the decade's events - the Free Speech Movement, Civil Rights marches, anti-war protests, Black Panthers - in all their immediacy and passion.


The Goebbels Experiment	Lutz Hachmeister & Michael Kloft	107 min, 35mm, Color/B&W, German w/English Subtitles, 2004
Kenneth Branagh reads from the diaries of Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A rare and chilling glimpse into a brilliant but toxic mind..

Only The Brave	Anna Kokkinos	62 min, 16mm, Color, 1994
Vicki and Alex are two teenage girls growing up on the outskirts of Melbourne, and on the fringes of society. Both teens, who come from broken homes, want nothing more than to escape from their drab surroundings.

Machine Dreams	Peter Krieg	87min, 16mm, Color, 1989
A Film by Peter Krieg. From a Marilyn Monroe robot to the ethics of artificial intelligence, Machine Dreams explores humanity's love affair with machines and computers.

Kestrel's Eye	Mikael Kristersson	86 min, 35mm, Color, 1999
A Film by Mikael Kristersson. A wonder-filled portrait of a family of kestrels (European falcons) who live in a church tower above a small Swedish village.

King's Day Out	Rob Kuhns	31 min, 16mm, Color, 1992
A Film by Rob Kuhns. Bill is an egotistical actor pet owner. His eager-to-please dog King, his cat Princess, and his male parrot who he thinks is female, are all played by human actors, who communicate with each other but can't seem to communicate with Bil.

The Personals	Chen Kuo-fu	104 min, 35mm, Color, Chinese w/English Subtitles, 1999
A Film by Chen Kuo-fu. Honored at Cannes, The Personals presents "funny, beautifully observed modern day sexual relationships."


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The Devil's Miner	Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani	82 min, Video, Spanish w/English Subtitles, 2005
Documentary about two brothers, 14-year-old Basilio and 12-year-old Bernardino, who work deep inside the silver mines of Cerro Rico, Bolivia.

Don't Let Me Die On A Sunday	Didier Le Pecheur	86 min, 35mm, Color, French w/English Subtitles, 1999
A Film By Didier Le Pecheur. Starring Elodie Bouchez (Dreamlife of Angels) and Jean-Marc Barr (Dancer in the Dark) this provocative, disturbing film takes you on a dangerous sexual odyssey.

Repetition Compulsion	Ellie Lee	7 min, 35mm, Color, English, 1997
An animated documentary which explores how prolonged childhood abuse in the lives of homeless women has set the stage for further victimization on the streets.

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop	Spike Lee	60 min, 16mm, Color, English, 1983
Spike Lee's first film dramatically recreates the world of the corner barbershop, the local meeting place where people talk, put nickels and dimes on their lucky numbers - and sometimes even get their hair cut - in this engaging tale of murder, suspense, and the dream of making the big "hit."

Go For Zucker	Dani Levy	95 min, 35mm, Color, German w/English Subtitles, 2005
Dani Levy's controversial and hilarious contemporary farce about pool shark and all-around hustler Jaeckie Zucker is the first German-Jewish comedy to come out of Germany since World War II.

Cane Toads	Mark Lewis	48 min, 16mm, Color, 1988
A Film by Mark Lewis. An absolutely hilarious, somewhat true look at "an assault of sex-mad giant toads munching their way across Australia!" (NY Post). A comedy classic!

Dreaming of Rita	Jon Lindstrom	108 min, 35mm, Color, Swedish w/English Subtitles, 1993
A Film by Jon Lindstrom. A romantic adventure about a young mother who helps her widowed father search for an old flame, as she too is pursued by her husband and baby.

Heaven's A Drag	Peter MacKenzie Litten	96 min, 35mm, Color, 1994
Britain's first gay mainstream movie. A romantic comedy about commitment, AIDS, death, mourning and recovery.

Seaside	Julie Lopes-Curval	88 min, 35mm, Color, French w/English Subtitles, 2002
Seaside (Bord de Mer) is a film about Cayeux, a small beach town in France. Beautiful young Marie works at a pebble processing plant. Her boyfriend, Paul, a warehouse employee in winter and a lifeguard in summer, doesn't understand Marie's dreamy temperament and stifles her with his clumsy love.


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Been Rich All My Life	Heather Lyn MacDonald	81 min, Video, Color/B&W, 2005
A film by Heather Lyn MacDonald. Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in 1930’s Harlem. Together again, after a few decades hiatus, they're dancing to standing ovations - as sassy as they ever were.

Virgil Bliss	Joe Maggio	94 min, Beta, Color, 2000
A Film by Joe Maggio. When Virgil Bliss, a mild-mannered Southerner and career criminal, is released from prison he finds himself on the mean streets of Brooklyn trying to build a new life.

One of Them	Stewart Main	46 min, Color, 1998
New Zealand director Stewart Main helmed this short about the tentative, emerging relationship between two gay teens in a small town during the 1960s. Gradually accepting their sexuality, the two bond as the two endure taunts, check out cute boys, and talk about fashion.
Twilight of the Gods	Stewart Main	15 min, 35mm, Color 1990
A Film by Stewart Main. Two men of war, a Maori warrior and a European soldier, meet in an explosive clash of two cultures.
Growing Up In America	Morley Markson	90 min, 16mm, Color/B&W, 1988
A Film by Morley Markson. Featuring 1960's heroes Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman and more in an entertaining and engaging look at the Sixties - then and now.

The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick	Mark Steensland & Andy Massagi	80 min, Beta, Color, 2000
A Film by Mark Steensland and Andy Massagli. The ultimate trip into the mind behind Blade Runner and Total Recall.

Boot Camp	John Scott Matthews	6 min, 16mm, Color, 1996
A film by John Scott Matthews. A cross between a leather bar-S/M fantasy and an RKO musical.

Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film	Marc Mauceri	57 min, Color, 1997
From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, Lavender Limelight explores seven successful lesbian directors with revealing interviews and entertaining clips.

Nowhere Man	Tim McCann	80 min, Color, 2004
Conrad has found a pornographic video featuring his fiancé and calls the wedding off. But now, after an emotionally brutal week, an abused Jennifer has cut off Conrad's penis - and taken it with her for ransom! Starring renowned cult actress Debbie Rochon and directed by award winning filmmaker Tim McCann.

Playing The Part	Mitch McCabe	38 min, 16mm, Color, 1994
An angst-ridden, yet humorous, essay by a young lesbian filmmaker who depicts her attempts to juggle her happiness against her parents' expectations.

Bright Leaves	Ross McElwee	105 min, 35mm, Color, 2003
This film describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina by a native Carolinian whose great-grandfather created the famous brand of tobacco known as "Bull Durham."

Sherman's March	Ross McElwee	155 min, 16mm, Color, 1986
A Film by Ross McElwee. An autobiographical quest for true romance along the original route of General Sherman's Civil War March.

Time Indefinite	Ross McElwee	87 min, 35mm, Color, 1993
A Film by Ross McElwee. When McElwee announces at the family gathering in South Carolina that he's going to marry a nice Jewish girl from Boston, the results are memorable. Sequel to Sherman's March.
Desert Spirits	Patrick McGuinn	35 min, VHS, B&W, 1994
A Film by Patrick McGuinn. Two guys stranded in the desert take peyote; soon they enter a strange world where lizards talk and demonic forces seek prey.

She Must Be Seeing Things	Sheila McLaughlin	95 min, 16mm, Color, 1988
A Film by Sheila McLaughlin. When a woman reads her lesbian lover's diary she becomes jealous, disguises herself as a man, and spies on her companion.

Pop	Joel Meyerowitz	80 min, 16mm, Color, 1999
A Film by Joel Meyerowitz. Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, his father Hy (suffering from Alzheimer's) and son Sasha - three generations - take a heartwarming and sometimes hilarious road trip from Florida to NYC, trying to recapture the fading memories of Hy's life.

Nazi Medicine: In the Shadow of the Reich	John J. Michalczyk	54 min, Color/B&W, 1997
A Film by John J. Michalczyk. From sterilization to death camps to human experimentation, Nazi Medicine studies what led Germany's doctors down an unethical road to genocide.

Watching Her Sleep	Rose Michels	6 min, 35mm, Color
A Film by Rose Michels. A girl imagines an entire relationship as she waits by a supermarket's checkout counter.


Seduction: The Cruel Woman	Monika Treut & Elfi Mikesch	84 min, 35mm, Color, 1985
A Film by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut. Wanda, a dominatrix who runs an S&M gallery on the Hamburg waterfront, must choose between her lesbian lover and an American trainee.

La Petite Lili	Claude Miller	94 min, 35mm, Color, French w/English Subtitles, 2003
Ludivine Sagnier stars as Lili, the love and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker named Julien in this modern adaptation of Chekov’s The Seagull.

Sacco and Vanzetti	Peter Miller	81 min, Video, Color/B&W, 2006
A Film by Peter Miller. Sacco and Vanzetti brings to life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial.

My Body	Joel Moffett & Matthias Visser	30 min, 16mm, Color, 1997
After years of denial, Charlie opens himself up to his true sexual orientation, leading to a new and rare disease called "Sexually Repressed Shedding Disorder."

Aberdeen	Hans Petter Moland	103 min, 35mm, Color, 2000
A Film by Hans Petter Molland. Stellan Skarsgard, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling star in this moving drama about an alcoholic who is reunited with his estranged daughter.

Two Worlds of Angelita	Jane Morrison	73 min, 16mm, Color, 1983
A Film by Jane Morrison. Told from the perspective of nine year old Angelita, the film follows a young Puerto Rican family's journey from a small town on the island to New York City's Lower East Side.

Tater Tomater	Phil Morrison	20 min, 16mm, Color, 1990
A Film by Phil Morrison. Over the course of a hectic day, a cafeteria worker begins to lose control. Forced to say the same thing over and over again, she begins rhyming words to the surprise and disbelief of her coworkers.

Howard Zinn: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train	Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller	78 min, 16mm, Color, 2004
This film documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic A People’s History of the United States. Featuring rare archival materials, interviews with Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker.